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Adath Shalom (Philadelphia)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue located in the whitman neighborhood of south philadelphia at 607 w ritner street/2353-2355 s marshall”. Today it says “conservative jewish synagogue located at 607 w ritner street”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Preah Buddah Rangsey Temple”.
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Adath Shalom ( ) was a synagogue located in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia at 607 W Ritner Street/2353-2355 S Marshall Street, the corner of Marshall and Ritner Streets.1 The synagogue opened in 1922 and closed in 2007. The building was most recently used as a Buddhist temple. It was sold in February 2018 and is vacant in 2019.2 Adath Shalom formed in 1950 as a Conservative synagogue when Shaare Israel, B’nai Moshe, and Beth Samuel merged and formed in Beth Samuel's building. Adath Shalom closed in 2007, donated many of its religious articles to Congregation Tiferes B'nai Israel in Warrington, Pennsylvania, and sold its building to the Cambodian Khmer Buddhist Humanitarian Association. Historic Synagogues of Philadelphia & the Delaware Valley .3

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue located in the whitman neighborhood of south philadelphia at 607 w ritner street/2353-2355 s marshall”. Today it says “conservative jewish synagogue located at 607 w ritner street”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Preah Buddah Rangsey Temple”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

synagogue located in the whitman neighborhood of south philadelphia at 607 w ritner street/2353-2355 s marshall

Now

conservative jewish synagogue located at 607 w ritner street

Sections that no longer exist

Present on October 6, 2023, absent today, with no near-matching heading in the current article and the article shorter overall, so this is not a renamed heading or a topic absorbed into a fuller treatment. 1 section of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 285 characters shorter.

  • Preah Buddah Rangsey Temple
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